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Required reading for marketplace startups: The 20 best essays

Andrew Chen

To lead off this list, my colleague @jeff_jordan has an awesome preso that covers everything from the marketplace “wheel” – network effects, and how they’re different than ecommerce products. How to think about frequency and retention? Amazing, thoughtful preso. Must watch. Now let’s get to the links.

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The red flags and magic numbers that investors look for in your startup’s metrics – 80 slide deck included!

Andrew Chen

2) Then, to identify potential upside based learnings from within the company as well as across benchmarks from across industry. Education during onboarding helps too. Ecommerce companies often use push to advertise sales- no wonder the CTRs are low. 3) And finally, to prioritize and make decisions that impact the future.

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